Yes. I think I will help with a suggestion.
Please, go through any article you may find about color blindness. Even the Wikipedia page is enough. Going through some articles about UI accessibility would be the next step.
A black font on a dark red background is a very poor choice for accessibility, yet both options go for this "sin".
I get that when I told to the company that a certain April Fool's prank caused real pain to real users many laughed it off but please... Try to not give people who are already living with some serious issues another way to get a migraine.